Cautionary Tales For Children
Wonderful witty poems great for reading to your children. The stories and rhymes will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Research has shown how important YOU are to your children and how as a dad the things you do, and keep on doing, really count, whether you live with them, or you are a single dad and are only able see them once a month, once a week or more, what you do really matters. This site is dedicated to all dads but will be of special relevance to the single dad. Remember, you are half the reason your children exist and they need you whether you live with them or not. As their dad, you have what it takes to make their lives successful and fulfilling no matter how often you see them. This site is about all the positive things that we as parents have to offer our children.

Steampunk tennis rackets

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Become a world champion on grass or carpet with these gorgeous authentic, Victorian, steampunk gilded tennis rackets

The start of Wimbledon fortnight usually heralds the beginning of what always seems to be England's rainiest two weeks of the year. But whether it's Wimbledon or the US Open, you can now become a champion on those carefully vacuumed carpet courts. Practice low passing shots over the sofa, volley to win in your own Centre Court and while away any rain-stopped-play afternoons by making and playing with this lovely project.. . . The scroll work is what makes a simple piece of card not only look beautiful, but strong enough to bat a lightweight ball back and forth. We have given you a beautiful template and the full instructions, but once you see how to make the rackets, why not design your own scroll work. As long as you make sure that there are a few strips that go from the handle up and across the racket face, you can make the design anything you want, A butterfly, a shamrock, a love heart, or your national flag, the list is endless. When we made our one, we sprayed it gold, but we could have just as easily used silver, and you can paint your racket any colour you want, or even lots of colours for a really good effect.. . . The project also shows you how to make a pompom ball from a piece of card and a couple of plastic carrier (grocery) bags. It's a great way to recycle old carrier bags and the resulting ball is resilient enough bat about as hard as you like, and yet soft enough to play with indoors.

As usual our instructions are high quality, beautifully illustrated, easy to follow and quick to download, and give you all the templates you need. They are available in both A4 and US Letter size. Just click on the one you want to download, and you'll be ready to start making. Don't forget to upload pictures of your finished rackets.

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We can't wait to see the pictures of what you’ve made. Kids love it when the things you made together are published, so go on upload a picture of what you made. It's easy, just go to your dadcando My Page and upload your pictures into this project and we'll put one of them right here in the project picture gallery.

To give you the higest quality and the shortest download time, most of our downloads are supplied in Adobe PDF format for your convenience. Adobe Reader is standard on most computers, but if you do not have it, you can get the most up to date version free from Adobe, here.

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Make toys from junk

You can make the most incredible toys using just about any old junk. Kids love things to be quick, so get busy with a glue gun with its instant, incredible sticking power and the ability to glue almost anything to anything. Suddenly an old detergent bottle has so many exciting possibilities. Combine that with a can of quick drying spray paint and a permanent marker, and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to be, well, a rocket scientist, or an engineer, or a magician. The toys you can make from junk are amazing and the most fun to play with and you’ll find you can add engineer and magician to your growing list of titles. Simple, easy to follow downloadable instructions and graphic printer sheets will help you and

your kids make the most fantastic looking models. This canoe was made out of two shampoo bottles and really floats; great

for bath time.

All our downloads
are gorgeous, and the instructions
couldn't be easier to follow, with projects from the simplest to the most advanced, all explained in beautiful pictorial detail. The instructions are all original and like nothing else you'll find on the web. What’s more, we've made them all and had a lot of fun making them, so even before you start, you'll know it can be done. On dadcando you’ll find projects for every skill level, and my kids have play tested every model, so we know they work in the playability department as well.

In fact, it must be said, often they have more play value than expensive shop bought toys.. Don't worry if you don't have exactly the same junk as us, making things from junk is not an exact science; let your creativity and problem solving skills show through. When making from junk there are no rules. Start collecting empty packaging right now and within a week or two you'll have enough to build your first model from Junk.

Making stuff from junk is a great way to recycle your rubbish, and very soon, just like your children, when you see an empty ice cream carton, a wire coat hanger, or a used Tetrapak you won't see rubbish, you'll see a rocket port, a ship, or a dog kennel.

Featured Project

MicroCards
MicroCards are
miniature playing cards that can be printed out on one sheet of paper.
Just cut them out and play on the go!